I created four sweet layouts for our girlies using Shabby Miss Jenn Designs new kits “Social Butterfly” and “Miss Sweet Cheeks”. (Click on the kit names to see them in SMJD shoppe!)
I’m working tonight on another sweet layout with a cute new kit, that I will be sharing later this week! Lots of girlie kits, but hopefully we’ll have some that I can work with the boys photos on soon too!
Layout created using Shabby Miss Jenn’s Get Going Kit featuring our 2.5 year old Alex and Eli on their first flight in Pop’s plane.
Click on the layout to go to Shabby Miss Jenn’s digital scrapbooking store.
Wednesday afternoon Kali, Alex and Eli enjoyed the Mardi Gras parade at SES. Kali walked in the parade around the block and Alex and Eli caught lots of beads and some special doubloons. Caroline and I went along for the fun and she had a great time seeing her big sister and the twins, she got a neck full of beads as well and loved them.
The twins had a fun night at the St. Edward’s PTO meeting, they performed a few Mardi Gras songs with their SES Pre-K classmates and waved their napkins in the traditional Mardi Gras Mambo.
I used Shabby Miss Jenn Designs new little kit “Love Bots” to create a few layouts for the sweet girls in our lives. A photo of Kali from our Thanksgiving Vacation and one of Caroline learing to pull up are featured. Enjoy!
Click on the layout above to see this sweet kit in Shabby Miss Jenn’s shoppe!
My girl just wanted to play with her babies today, she cooed to them and chewed on their little fists and snuggled them too. She’s napping now and I’m just uploading a few fun photos of her while she played this morning.
Kali was beside herself with excitement about going to school today, she loves footie pajamas and today is Pajama Day! I shot a few photos before school today and got one of her holding Caroline in her footie pjs too. I hope you have a fabulous day Kali, keep warm and study hard!
I captured this photo of our four adorable little grandchildren on Christmas Eve, their smiles light up my world and I can’t imagine life without them all! Love these four kiddos!
On Monday, January 7, my sister Debbie and her husband Normand welcomed another little sweetheart into our family. He was 6 pounds and 6 ounces and a little bit over 18 inches long and oh so sweet! His name is Jack Gabriel and he’s a little angel!
Such a little angel… can’t wait to snuggle with this little guy!
Layout created using Shabby Miss Jenn’s newest digital scrapbooking kit “Winter Escape”. Click on the layout to go to Jenn’s adorable online store!
Caroline has been fussy with a head cold lately and she just wasn’t napping well at all, Krista decided to use the swaddler to bundle her for her naps and to sleep at night and I tell you it sure does work! She’s catching Zzzzzs like nobody’s business today! Here’s a sweet photo I snapped of her, just one shot, with a little soft diffused flash, so stinkin’ sweet!
I hope your new year is started off right, praying for warm weather to come early this year, I just can’t tolerate the dang cold!
At Christmas time in our family we love the new traditions we have started with the grandchildren. One of them being attending the Teddy Bear Tea at the Royal Sonesta in New Orleans. This year Kali, Caroline, Alex and Eli were joined by cousin Kayla and they all enjoyed seeing Santa and Mrs. Claus and a host of other Holiday characters. The children all took photos with Santa and these also happen to be my favorites from the event. Krista and Claire took the children because Dave and I took Alexa and Erica to the Bahamas for a little winter break vacation.
Kali Marie, age 8 and Caroline, age 6 months.
Alex Scott and Elijah James, ages 4.5
I didn’t get a copy of Kayla’s photo with Santa but I have one that Krista took of her at the tea party that was adorable.
The Greater Iberia Chamber of Commerce sponsored an Cajun Ice Skating rink in downtown New Iberia this past weekend, Krista and Zach took Kali and Ian there to give it a whirl. They really had fun and had plenty of space to try out a few moves on the ice!
Caroline was six months old this weekend, she’s getting so big, she cut two teeth in the past couple of weeks and is almost sitting alone and rolling every where when I put her on a big quilt on the floor for tummy time. Here’s a photo Krista shot of her with her Daddy in town this weekend.
Kali, Caroline, Alex and Eli went to the Tabasco Country Store on Avery Island to see Santa last weekend. Krista got a cute shot of the four of them with Santa.
I helped Kali, Caroline, Eli and Alex’s Elves Pokie and Francis Elf the grands today. I created a sign for the door that I attached to a little door hanger and he tucked their surprises inside a Christmas basket and cello wrapped it for delivery. I used Shabby Miss Jenn’s Santa’s Helper kit to create my door sign. Click on the image to see it in her store.
This is a close up of the sign I made using Fotofusion by Lumapix
One of my very good friends came into town last week to help her father pass on to his heavenly home. I know she felt blessed to have been there with her family at that time. Her father, our dear friend Mr. Ed passed a few days before Thanksgiving and we put him to rest this past Saturday morning. Beverly and I have been friends since high school, she didn’t introduce Dave and me, we met in first grade years before, but she did encourage Dave to ask me out on a date one day in high school and our happily ever after grew from that encouragement and and for that I will be forever grateful. We didn’t get to visit until this morning, she came over for a little coffee and we had a very nice talk and caught up on a whole lot of years and family happenings. I sure love that girl, she’s a wonderful woman who is hard working, inspiring and I just love her gumption. Bev, please do come by and visit often, even if its just for a few minutes, and I do promise to look in on your Mama, encourage her to get in touch when ever she needs anything.
In preparation for our little visit, I made raspberry scones to have with our coffee. With just a little raspberry jam they were just delicious. The recipe is easy and bake up in a quick 12 minutes.
Here’s Ina Garten’s Strawberry Scone Recipe that I adapted and made with raspberry.
When the children were out of school the week of Thanksgiving they all spent the day with me and I got to take a few photos of them together watching a little movie on the iPad while Caroline napped.
I got a few extra shots of Kali modeling a little outfit I got for her for colder weather. She really loves the poncho type shawl.
She definitely is napping better since she cut those two little teeth, for that we are really grateful!
The twins and Kali are spending the night at our house tonight and they really are enjoying having the Pup inside to sleep with them. He’s snuggled up between them as they watched a few minutes of Monsters Inc before bed. Its nice and toasty in the middle I’m sure!
Our family celebrated Thanksgiving with my side of the family for lunch at my sister’s house in Lafayette. We all cooked and the meal was delicious! Before we left for her house the twins came over with “Acorn” and “Peanut”, they get new names almost daily so I wouldn’t be able to identify these birds again if you paid me to do so! They love bringing chickens into the house to make us all laugh.
The girls were there to join us for lunch and the twins came to visit after having lunch at with Claire’s family.
Caroline and Kali had matching pants that I made them and we had little turkeys applique’d on their shirts. The photo below is of Caroline with my Mom June and Dad Don.
